- Chris Hughton was reportedly ‘attacked’ after Ghana’s shock loss to Cape Verde
- Reports say he was ‘attacked by a fan’ and that it came about ‘on the staff’s resort’
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A Ghana fan has reportedly been ‘arrested for attacking’ the nationwide facet’s supervisor Chris Hughton on the staff’s resort, following the four-time champions suffered a shock 2-1 defeat by Cape Verde on Sunday of their Africa Cup of Nations opener.
The Black Stars would endure heartache within the second minute of harm time after a defensive mix-up would see Cape Verde’s Garry Rodrigues slide the ball previous Richard Ofori in objective to seal the victory.
Videos have additionally emerged on-line exhibiting followers inside the Stade Félix Houphouët Boigny in Abidijan venting their frustrations on the end result whereas gesticulating in anger.
And after the sport, journalist Saddick Adams claimed {that a} supporter had attacked Hughton, however was saved by Ghanaian diplomats.
‘One member of the Ghanaian supporters in Abidjan has been arrested for an assault on coach Chris Hughton on the staff’s resort,’ he wrote on X (previously Twitter).
Former Nottingham Forest supervisor Chris Hughton has reportedly ‘been attacked at his staff’s resort’ by a fan after Ghana suffered a shock loss to Cape Verde
Journalist saddick Adams claimed that the supporter ‘was arrested’ following the assault
‘It took the intervention of some Ghanaian diplomats who had been round to avoid wasting the coach. The unidentified man has been handed to the Ivorian Police.’
Other stories, nevertheless, have claimed that there was no arrest made, with the fan directing foul language in the direction of Hughton. Journalist Muftawu Nabila Abdulai stated on X: ‘[I’m] instructed supporter was indignant and used foul phrases on Chris Hughton and safety took him away, however he is not been arrested. In reality, there was no contact with the coach.’
Hughton took over as Ghana boss again in March 2023 after spending a 12 months working because the facet’s technical coach.
The former Tottenham, West Ham and Brentford defender has hung out managing at a number of golf equipment across the Premier League, notably leaving his place as Nottingham Forest boss again in 2021.
Following the match, Hughton stated: ‘We are extremely massively disillusioned with the end result. We got here into the sport with a recreation plan to begin on the entrance foot.
‘We got here into the sport with a recreation plan. We modified the system a bit so we are able to begin on the entrance foot.
‘We thought the staff that had been put out was definitely a extra offensive staff. This was our intention.
‘I believe it rocked us the objective that we conceded however I assumed we acquired again into the sport.
‘At that stage it seemed like we might go on and win it. We are massively, massively disillusioned with our end result.
‘And I do know and this group of gamers additionally understand how the Ghanaian folks see this recreation, see this match and our expectations going into this one.
Cape Verde’s head coach Bubista (L) and Hughton (R) exchanged pleasantries in the course of the recreation
Four-time champions Ghana would in the end endure a shock loss, with Cape Verde scoring within the second minute of harm time
Jamiro Monteiro (C) would put Cape Verde forward within the seventeenth minute of the sport, earlier than Garry Rodrigues would comply with up with the winner later within the match
‘It’s a defeat we’re massively disillusioned with.’
Ghana would go a objective down within the match with Jamiro Monteiro tapping the ball in from a rebound from Ghana goalkeeper Ofori.
Alexander Djiku would pull one again for Hughton’s facet within the 56th minute, however they might endure heartache, with Cape Verde’s Rodrigues capitalising on a defensive mistake within the second minute of harm time to seal the shock victory.
Ghana are again in motion on Thursday as they face a troublesome match towards Mohamed Salah’s Egypt who drew 2-2 towards Mozambique on Sunday.